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kon´tro-vẽr-si (ריב, rı̄bh, “strife,†“contentionâ€; ὁμολογουμεÌνως, homologoumeÌnoÌ„s, “confessedly,†“without controversyâ€): Used frequently of disputes among men (as ) and then transferred to the justice of God as directed against the sins of men. Thus we read of Yahweh's controversy with the nations (); with the inhabitants of the land (); with His people (). “Without controversy†(), a positive rather than a negative expression, “by common consent,†or better, “as unanimously confessed,†introducing a quotation from a hymn or rhythmical confession of the early church.